Inspired by a mention in a Veronica Mars thread that Alyson Hannigan’s VM character may come back in a more prominent role this season. Which would make AH a regular on one show (“How I Met Your Mother”) and a semi-regular or regular on another. Who else has been a regular or semi-regular on more than one series at the same time? I don’t mean someone who was brought on for one or two episodes and then never re-appeared. In fact, let’s make it a requirement that they have to appear in the opening credits of at least one of the shows.
OTTOMH I know Armin Shimerman, who was Quark on DS9 and for a couple of years was also Principal Snyder on BtVS. Also Heather Locklear, who was Stacy on TJ Hooker and also Sammi Jo on Dynasty.
If we must go the reality route, Omarosa is about to qualify for being on VH1’s The Surreal Life and as of Wednesday Bravo’s Battle of the Reality Stars or whatever the title is. I’m not sure if The Gastineau Girls is still on the air but if it is then one of the wretched Gastineau girls is also on E!'s Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive.
I’ve never watched The West Wing, but it ran concurrently with Sportsnight, and I know Joshua Malina was in both. Was Malina a regular or semi-regular in the first two seasons of The West Wing?
Wayne Knight was on 3rd Rock and Seinfeld at the same time. Here’s a really long link since I don’t know how to make those cool, short links http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001431/
Aisha Tyler had recurring roles on both CSI and 24.
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Goldie Hawn was on both Laugh-in and Good Morning World in 1968. The latter premiered in the fall of 1967, and was still on the air when “Laugh-In” started.
Jim Backus was on both Gilligan’s Island and The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo during the 1964-65 season. At one point, the two shows were in the same time slot.
If we count shows on one network, there’s Arthur Godfrey, who was on both Arthur Godfrey and His Friends and Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts for many years. For a brief time in 1950, he was also on Arthur Godfrey and His Ukelele. Note that he was the host of all these shows, though they were variety shows, not dramatic shows.
Bob Saget was on Full House and American’s Funniest Home Videos at the same time.
In 1956, Walter Cronkeit was host of You Are There and was appearing regularly on Two For the Money and also was the narrator of Air Power. The next year, after “Air Power” ended his run, he became host of The 20th Century along with the others. In 1954, he also was on two series: You Are There and It’s News to Me.
In the late '50s early '60s, Adam West (yes, the same Adam West who later played Batman and more recently has been doing the cartoon circuit) played Doc Holiday on three or four Western TV shows at the same time all produced by the same company.
You would see him on the Lawman, then Sugarfoot, then Bronco Lane, then Cheyenne, etc.